Who is the Stone County Assessor?

Matt Daugherty (Republican) is the Assessor of Stone County, Missouri.

Who is the Stone County Circuit Clerk?

Mechelee Lebow (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Stone County Collector of Revenue?

Anna Burk (Republican) is the Collector of Revenue of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Stone County Coroner?

John Cunnyngham (Republican) is the Coroner of Stone County, Missouri.

Who is the Stone County County Clerk?

Denise Dickens (Republican) is the County Clerk of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Stone County County Surveyor?

The office of Stone County County Surveyor is vacant.

Who is the Stone County Prosecuting Attorney?

Wesley Weber is the Prosecuting Attorney of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Stone County Public Administrator?

Glenda (Wendy) Metcalf (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Stone County, Missouri.

Who is the Stone County Recorder of Deeds?

Amy Jo Larson (Republican) is the Recorder of Deeds of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Stone County Sheriff?

Doug Rader (Republican) is the Sheriff of Stone County, Missouri.

Who is the Stone County Treasurer?

Kristi Stephens (Republican) is the Treasurer of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who are the Stone County commissioners?

Wayne Blades (Associate Commissioner, Northern District); Hank Smythe (Associate Commissioner, Southern District); Gordon D. Weathers (Presiding Commissioner).

What is the population of Stone County?

About 32,048 people, with a median age of 54.6; the median household income is $63,520 and 13.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Stone County?

3.8% in September 2026 (preliminary): 540 people unemployed in a labor force of 14,092, against 4.0% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Stone County?

25 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 10 municipal, 5 school district and 9 special district governments.

Stone County, MO elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Stone County: 14 seats on 12 elected bodies. 6 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

County Commission

Stone County Commission

Office	Who holds it now
Associate Commissioner, Northern District	Wayne Blades Republican source
Associate Commissioner, Southern District	Hank Smythe Republican source
Presiding Commissioner	Gordon D. Weathers source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Assessor	Matt Daugherty Republican source
Circuit Clerk	Mechelee Lebow Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Collector of Revenue	Anna Burk Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Coroner	John Cunnyngham Republican source
County Clerk	Denise Dickens Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Surveyor	Vacant source
Prosecuting Attorney	Wesley Weber source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Public Administrator	Glenda (Wendy) Metcalf Republican source
Recorder of Deeds	Amy Jo Larson Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Doug Rader Republican source
Treasurer	Kristi Stephens Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

How many local governments Stone County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 25 local governments in Stone County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	10	0
School districts (school boards)	5	0
Special districts (elected boards)	9	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Stone County

32,048people

54.6median ageU.S.: 38.9

$63,520 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

13.9%below the U.S.: 12.5%

24.8%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$249,000median home valueU.S.: $332,700

7.1%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

1.2%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

11.1%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

9.4%U.S.: 8.4%

43.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

29.9%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 2.9% · White 92.5% · Black 0.3% · Asian 0.3% · Other or more than one race 4% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Stone County

3.8%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.0%. Missouri: 3.3%.

540people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

13,552people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

14,092in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.8%	540	13,552	14,092
August 2026	4.1%	570	13,291	13,861
July 2026	4.0%	588	14,012	14,600
June 2026	3.9%	579	14,107	14,686
May 2026	4.1%	598	13,876	14,474
April 2026	4.4%	626	13,605	14,231
March 2026	6.0%	846	13,367	14,213
February 2026	11.0%	1,513	12,184	13,697
January 2026	9.3%	1,287	12,537	13,824
December 2025	4.3%	585	13,171	13,756
November 2025	4.1%	567	13,267	13,834
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.0%	563	13,542	14,105
August 2025	4.8%	673	13,258	13,931
July 2025	4.6%	677	14,007	14,684
June 2025	4.7%	701	14,299	15,000
May 2025	4.7%	681	13,726	14,407
April 2025	4.8%	670	13,425	14,095
March 2025	6.5%	907	13,150	14,057
February 2025	11.5%	1,560	11,981	13,541
January 2025	8.7%	1,203	12,633	13,836
December 2024	4.6%	633	13,069	13,702
November 2024	4.1%	561	13,128	13,689
October 2024	4.2%	575	13,227	13,802

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	5.7%	799	13,314	14,113
2024	5.3%	746	13,226	13,972
2023	4.6%	633	13,124	13,757
2022	3.9%	519	12,913	13,432
2021	6.2%	821	12,335	13,156
2020	9.6%	1,253	11,845	13,098
2019	5.0%	665	12,607	13,272
2018	4.8%	639	12,556	13,195
2017	6.2%	761	11,443	12,204
2016	7.7%	942	11,322	12,264

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Missouri's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.6% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Stone County

204.9 per 100,0002025. Missouri: 417.8.

946.2 per 100,0002025. Missouri: 1,644.1.

1murders2025, 68 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	68	204.9	314	946.2
2024	81	241.6	368	1,097.7
2017	90	289.7	450	1,448.5
2016	147	470.4	527	1,686.3

By police agency (7)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Stone County Sheriff's Office	2025	62	208	26,285
Kimberling City Police Department	2025	0	3	2,376
Crane Police Department	2025	5	10	1,525
Reeds Spring Police Department	2025	0	1	1,247
Indian Point Police Department	2025	0	4	590
Branson West Police Department	2025	1	85	498
Galena Police Department	2024	1	6	483

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Missouri · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.20 per 1,000 residents2017, 7 agencies serving 30,899 people.

68sworn officers2017, full-time, as of October 31.

12civilian staff2017, full-time.

2017 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (7), 2017

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Stone County Sheriff's Office	46	11	25,046
Branson West Police Department	7	0	433
Kimberling City Police Department	6	0	2,293
Crane Police Department	3	0	1,338
Reeds Spring Police Department	2	1	857
Indian Point Police Department	3	0	512
Galena Police Department	1	0	420

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Stone County Assessor?: Matt Daugherty (Republican) is the Assessor of Stone County, Missouri.
Who is the Stone County Circuit Clerk?: Mechelee Lebow (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Stone County Collector of Revenue?: Anna Burk (Republican) is the Collector of Revenue of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Stone County Coroner?: John Cunnyngham (Republican) is the Coroner of Stone County, Missouri.
Who is the Stone County County Clerk?: Denise Dickens (Republican) is the County Clerk of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Stone County County Surveyor?: The office of Stone County County Surveyor is vacant.
Who is the Stone County Prosecuting Attorney?: Wesley Weber is the Prosecuting Attorney of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Stone County Public Administrator?: Glenda (Wendy) Metcalf (Republican) is the Public Administrator of Stone County, Missouri.
Who is the Stone County Recorder of Deeds?: Amy Jo Larson (Republican) is the Recorder of Deeds of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Stone County Sheriff?: Doug Rader (Republican) is the Sheriff of Stone County, Missouri.
Who is the Stone County Treasurer?: Kristi Stephens (Republican) is the Treasurer of Stone County, Missouri. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who are the Stone County commissioners?: Wayne Blades (Associate Commissioner, Northern District); Hank Smythe (Associate Commissioner, Southern District); Gordon D. Weathers (Presiding Commissioner).
What is the population of Stone County?: About 32,048 people, with a median age of 54.6; the median household income is $63,520 and 13.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Stone County?: 3.8% in September 2026 (preliminary): 540 people unemployed in a labor force of 14,092, against 4.0% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Stone County?: 25 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 10 municipal, 5 school district and 9 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Missouri Secretary of State's Official Manual (Blue Book) 2025–2026; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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